Life of a Country Doctor

Overview

A skilled country doctor's talents are such that he can even perform operations as difficult and novel as removing a patient's kidney for the first time in Japan. Unfortunately for him, however, his wife's addiction to gambling is of such a magnitude that he is down to selling his underwear to make money. The image sticks and he becomes known as the 'underwear doctor.' On the other hand, his successful surgery's patient is so grateful he himself wants to become a physician.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

August 14, 1960

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Cast

Takashi Shimura,Hisaya Morishige,Setsuko Hara,Yōsuke Natsuki,Chiemi Eri,So Yamamura,Yoshibumi Tajima,Akira Tani,Yoshio Kosugi,Noriko Honmaand 12 more

Director

Hiroshi Inagaki

Writer

Minoru Nakano,Ryuzo Kikushima

Cinematography

Kazuo Yamada

Music

Ikuma Dan

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0053844